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Directory of Special Procedures Mandate Holders Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a Working Group on arbitrary detention component of the right to an adequate standard of living Mr. Vladimir Tochilovsky Ms. Russian, English English, Spanish [email protected] [email protected]

Working Group on the issue of human rights and Working Group on people of African descent transnational corporations and other business Ms. Monorama Biswas enterprises English Mr. Michael K. Addo [email protected] English [email protected]

Working Group on people of African descent Ms. Mireille Fanon-Mendes-France Working Group on the issue of human rights and English, French transnational corporations and other business [email protected] enterprises Ms. Alexandra Guáqueta English, Spanish Working Group on people of African descent [email protected] Ms. Mirjana Najcevska English [email protected] Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises Working Group on people of African descent Ms. Margaret Jungk Ms. Maya Sahli English French, Arabic [email protected] [email protected]

Working Group on people of African descent Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business Ms. Verene Shepherd enterprises English Mr. Puvan J. Selvanathan [email protected] English [email protected]

Working Group on arbitrary detention Mr. Mads Andenas English, French Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business [email protected] enterprises Mr. Pavel Sulyandziga Russian Working Group on arbitrary detention [email protected] Mr. Roberto Garretón French, Spanish [email protected] Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus

Working Group on arbitrary detention Mr. Miklós Haraszti Ms. Shaheen Sardar Ali English [email protected] English [email protected]

Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Working Group on arbitrary detention Cambodia Mr. El Hadji Malick Sow Mr. Surya Prasad Subedi French, English English [email protected] [email protected] Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child Working group on the issue of discrimination against Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human prostitution and child pornography women in law and in practice rights Ms. Najat Maalla M'jid Ms. Eleonora Zielińska Ms. Maria Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona Arabic, French, English English [email protected] [email protected] Spanish, English [email protected]

Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Working Group on the issue of discrimination against Côte d’Ivoire women in law and practice Special Rapporteur on the right to food Mr. Doudou Diène Ms. Patricia Olamendi Torres Mr. French, English Spanish, English French, English [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Special Rapporteur on the right to education Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt Eritrea Mr. Kishore Singh Mr. Ms. Sheila B. Keetharuth English, French English English, French [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Working Group on enforced or involuntary Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights disappearances the right to freedom of opinion and expression Ms. Farida Shaheed Mr. Olivier de Frouville Mr. Frank La Rue English French, English Spanish, English [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic Working Group on enforced or involuntary Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful and equitable international order disappearances assembly and of association Mr. Alfred de Zayas Mr. Ariel Dulitzky Mr. English, Spanish, French, Russian Spanish, English English [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Working Group on enforced or involuntary Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief the Democratic People's Republic of Korea disappearances Mr. Mr. Ms. Jasminka Dzumhur English English English, Russian [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Working group on the issue of discrimination against Working Group on enforced or involuntary Haiti women in law and in practice disappearances Mr. Michel Forst Ms. Emna Aouij Mr. Osman El-Hajje French, English French Arabic, French [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the Working group on the issue of discrimination against Working Group on enforced or involuntary enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of women in law and in practice disappearances physical and mental health Ms. Kamala Chandrakirana Mr. Jeremy Sarkin Mr. English English English [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Working group on the issue of discrimination against Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or Special Rapporteur on the situation on human rights women in law and in practice arbitrary executions defenders Ms. Frances Raday Mr. Ms. Margaret Sekaggya English English English [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges rights and lawyers Ms. Maria Magdalena Sepúlveda Ms. Gabriela Knaul Carmona English, Spanish Spanish, English [email protected] [email protected]

Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples Special Rapporteur on the right to food Mr. Mr. Olivier De Schutter English, Spanish French, English [email protected] [email protected]

Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt Mr. Chaloka Beyani Mr. Cephas Lumina English English [email protected] [email protected]

Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the Islamic Republic of Iran the right to freedom of opinion and expression Mr. Mr. Frank La Rue English Spanish, English [email protected] [email protected]

Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful the right of peoples to self-determination assembly and of association Ms. Patricia Arias Mr. Maina Kiai English, Spanish, French English [email protected] [email protected]

Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief the right of peoples to self-determination Mr. Heiner Bielefeldt Ms. Elzbieta Karska English English [email protected] [email protected]

Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of Haiti the right of peoples to self-determination Mr. Michel Forst Mr. Anton Katz French, English English [email protected] [email protected]

Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of physical and mental health the right of peoples to self-determination Mr. Anand Grover Ms. Faiza Patel English English [email protected] [email protected]

Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means Special Rapporteur on the situation on human rights of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of defenders the right of peoples to self-determination Ms. Margaret Sekaggya Mr. Gabor Rona English English [email protected] [email protected] Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic Mr. François Crépeau French, English Mr. Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro [email protected] English, French, Spanish [email protected]

Independent Expert on minority issues Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection Ms. Rita Izsák of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism English [email protected] Mr. English [email protected]

Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, Mr. Tomás Ojea Quintana inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment Spanish, English Mr. Juan Ernesto Méndez [email protected] Spanish, English [email protected]

Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, Mr. Richard Falk reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence English Mr. Pablo de Greiff [email protected] English, Spanish [email protected]

Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, intolerance especially women and children Mr. Mutuma Ruteere Ms. Joy Ngozi Ezeilo English English [email protected] [email protected]

Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, causes and consequences including its causes and its consequences Ms. Ms. Rashida Manjoo English English [email protected] [email protected]

Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe Independent Expert on human rights and international drinking water and sanitation solidarity Ms. Catarina de Albuquerque Ms. Virginia Dandan English, French, Spanish English [email protected] [email protected]

Independent Expert on the issue of human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia healthy and sustainable environment Mr. Shamsul Bari Mr. John Knox English English [email protected] [email protected]

Special Rapporteur on the implications for human Independent Expert on the situation of human rights rights of the environmentally sound management and in the Sudan disposal of hazardous substances and wastes Mr. Mashood Baderin Mr. Marc Pallemaerts English English, French [email protected] [email protected] The Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council are independent human rights experts with mandates to report and advise on human rights from a thematic or country-specific perspective. The system of Special Procedures is a central element of the human rights machinery and covers all rights: civil, cultural, economic, political, and social. As of December 2012, there are 48 Special Procedures (36 thematic mandates and 12 mandates relating to countries or territories) with currently 72 mandate-holders.

With the support of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Special Procedures undertake country visits; act on individual cases and concerns of a broader, structural nature by sending communications to States in which they bring alleged violations to their attention; conduct thematic studies and convene expert consultations, develop international human rights standards, engage in advocacy, raise public awareness; and provide advice and support for technical cooperation. Special Procedures report annually to the Human Rights Council; the majority of the mandates also report to the General Assembly.

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